The great coastal walk

Nate and I just did the great coastal walk. It's a 28km bush walk (hike) just north of Wollongong. We journeyed through lush green rain forest, over isolated golden beaches, between unique Aussie scrub and along rough and windy cliff edges.

It rained and we got soaked in the 1st half hour on day 1 but God was very kind to dry us off with a nice breeze. We managed to set our tent up just before the afternoon rain which then lasted all night. In the morning the rain stopped and made way to perfect bush walking weather. Glorious!

The Aussie side of our family

Here are the Aussie relatives of the Schoens - Mum and Dad Larter...



My oldest brother and his wife, Jt and Jen...

Tim, my sister Belinda (Wooz) and their 3 sons Jason, Wesley and AJ...

Here is Uncle Nate spending some QT with his nephews...

And here are Scon, Baz and their 2 rascals again...

20 Weeks

Well, here we are in Wollongong. Each Sunday Nate and I have our "date day" and come down to the beach to enjoy a coffee and the ocean.

And here I am trying my best to look 20 weeks pregnant. Yep, we've made it halfway and praise God every day for little "Norman". We had the 19 week ultra sound last week and everything seems normal. We opted out of finding out what sex the baby is - we'll wait for a surprise. Any guesses from you? Nate thinks a boy and I think a girl. The due date is October 1st. I'm guessing that Norman/da will come 2 days early, though my sister (who has had 3 sons that came over a week late) says I have no chance...